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UC Referencing Guide

Wiki

Format

Author, AA Year of creation, 'Title of work', Title of Wiki, wiki article, viewed Day Month Year, <http://xxxxx>

Example

Preater, A 2012, 'Adding a persistent link to the Encore record display', CSDirect wiki: Encore, wiki article, viewed 26 July 2012, <http://csdirect.iii.com/lswiki/Encore/PermaLink>

'Great debates in media literacy: theory and practice of media literacy', n.d, Wikiversity, wiki article, viewed 27 October 2009, <http://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/Great_Debates_in_Media_Literacy>

'Tunguska event' 2012, Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia, wiki article, viewed 26 July 2012, <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tunguska_event>

EndNote Reference Type

Electronic Book Section

Citing a Source Within a Source

When citing a source you haven't read yourself, but which is referred to in a source you have read.

In-text reference

Lilly (as cited in Maxwell 1999, p.25) stated that '...'

'...' (Schwartz as cited in Burton, Westen & Kowalski 2009, p.63)

Reference list

Maxwell, F 1999, Phonology, Brooks Cole, San Francisco.

Burton L, Westen D & Kowalski R 2009, Psychology, Wiley, Milton, Qld.

No Author / Editor

General guidelines

If there is no author - substitute the title in the position of the author.

Format

Title of work Year of publication, Publisher, Location.

Examples

Macroeconomics, prices and quantities: Essays in memory of Arthur M. Okun 1983, Blackwell, Oxford, England.

No Location / No Publisher / No Year

General guidelines

If the location is not known - substitute n.p. in place of the location.

There are no guidelines for citing works with no publisher in the Style Manual: For Authors, Editors and Printers.  It is acceptable in other styles to use the location and date.  Consult your lecturer before citing material without a publisher.

If the date is not known - substitute an approximate date (c. for circa or ? after date) or n.d. in place of the year.

Format - no date

Author, AA c. year, Title of work, Publisher, Location.

Author, AA n.d., Title of work, Publisher, Location.

Author, AA 1943?, Title of work, Publisher, Location.

Examples

Smythe, V c. 2007, Ant colonies: How they communicate, Emu, Canberra.

Browne, JD n.d., Forensic science as a career, Tower, London.